Response of cucumber to timing of fertilizer application in southwest Nigeria

Abstract

. 2006. Response of cucumber to timing of fertilizer application in southwest Nigeria. Can. J. Plant Sci. 86: 1391-1394. A field trial was conducted at the experimental farm of the Department of Crop Protection and Environmental Biology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, to determine the growth and yield response of cucumber (cv. Poinsett) to timing of fertilizer application. Fertilizer (20:10:10), at the rate of 150 kg N ha -1 , was applied at: planting, 3 weeks after planting (WAP) and 6 WAP. Similarly, split applications were given at planting + 3 WAP, at planting + 6 WAP and at 3 WAP + 6 WAP. The experimental design was a randomized complete block with seven treatments (six fertilizer application treatments plus a non fertilizer control) and four replications. Means were separated using Duncan's Multiple Range Test at the 5% level of significance. In general, plants that were fertilized performed better than control plants in terms of vegetative growth and yield. A split application at 3 WAP + 6 WAP performed the best in terms of vegetative growth and fruit yield. Fertilizer applied once-over at 6 WAP was the least beneficial; application of fertilizer once-over at planting, or a split application at planting + 3 WAP, resulted in a high level of vegetative growth but lower fruit yield compared with the split application at 3 WAP + 6 WAP. L'application fractionnée trois et six semaines après la plantation donne les meilleurs résultats tant pour la croissance que pour le nombre de fruits. L'application d'engrais une seule fois six semaines après la plantation s'avère la moins bénéfique; l'application unique à la plantation ou l'application fractionnée à la plantation et trois semaines plus tard donnent la meilleure croissance mais pas autant de fruits que l'application fractionnée trois et six semaines après la plantation.

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